A prison guard whose stomach flu led to his development of cardiac problems was entitled to benefit from the statutory presumption of industrial causation for his condition.Case: Walters v. State of Florida, No. 1D11-6707, 10/16/2012, published.Facts: Jimmy Walters worked as a correctional officer for the state of Florida. A medical examination before he began his job indicated that he had no heart disease of any kind.In December 2009, he began suffering from chills and nausea, but he dismissed his ailments as being symptoms of a common cold. When he began to experience chest pain, however, Wa...
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